"The train taking nineteen-year-old teacher Christy Huddleston from her home in Asheville, North Carolina, might as well be transporting her to another world. The Smoky Mountain community of Cutter Gap feels suspended in time, trapped by poverty, superstitions, and century-old traditions. But as Christy struggles to find acceptance in her new home, some see her - and her one-room school - as a threat to their way of life. Her faith is challenged and...

Ellie Maust grows up Amish, but she isn't happy with her father's strict ideas. Why can't she wear bright dresses like her friend, Missy, or perfume and powder like the hired girl? As the oldest girl in her family, Ellie learns responsibility young, helping to care for the babies, prepare food, and do household chores. She sits through the long preaching services, and goes with her boyfriend, David, to Sunday night singings. Join her as she experiences...

It is spring, 1890. Three eight-year-old girls leave overcrowded, bleak Greystone Orphanage near Boston and set out together on the "Orphan Train," heading West to adoptive homes. --- {Excerpt from back cover.}

Having escaped the famine that ravages their beloved Ireland, Nora Kavanagh and her son Daniel begin the difficult process of building a new life for themselves in America. Befriended by the wealthy Farmingtons and supported by the constant friendship of the injured Englishman, Evan Whittaker, Nora nevertheless finds herself caught in a conflict of the heart.Michael Burke, the strong, competent Irish policeman, desperately wants to keep his promise...

Growing up in a close-knit Amish family, Reuben struggles with peer pressure and his desire to own a horse.

Ardith has finally recovered from the heartbreak she suffered when pianist Gavin Parrish failed to meet her for a Paris rendezvous ten years earlier, but now a strange twist of fate has brought him back into her life again and she must find a way to save herself from the despair she is sure he will bring with him.

While traveling on a once-in-a-lifetime trip abroad to Great Britain, Jessamyn Baird discovers that two very different men are attracted to her.

Turning away from the opulence of Rome, Marcus is led by a whispering voice from the past into a journey that could set him free from the darkness of his soul.

"This great-granddaughter of Ellie (Ellie's People, book 1) belongs to a close-knit Amish family and community in Ohio. Her dad says they can earn more money in Texas to pay off their farm in Ohio. But he doesn't understan Polly's need for companionship. Polly finds a friend in Rose Ann, an englisch girl her age. Then she secretly sneaks out with Tom Dawson, a cowboy and rodeo performer. Tragedy stalks her. Will she find her way back to her...